Track 17: Amor mi stringe assai (Paolo da Firenze)
The Chapter Archive of San Lorenzo in Florence houses a manuscript which served to record church properties. However, its parchment leaves originally belonged to a music manuscript compiled around 1410–20 in Florence. Later, the music was erased to create space for new content. Although its musical origins are known for over thirty years, its 216 compositions have been considered largely illegible.
Recently, scholars and scientists from the University of Hamburg were able to render it visible again, using the technology of multispectral imaging. The San Lorenzo Palimpsest, as the collection is known today, is an invaluable source of secular polyphonic music composed between the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth centuries. The anthology not only includes new readings for compositions known from other contemporary manuscripts, but contains completely unknown works by Florentine composers.
La Morra breathes new life into these rediscovered musical treasures, most of which are recorded here for the first time.
LA MORRA: Anna Miklashevich, Doron Schleifer, Roman Melish, Ivo Haun de Oliveira (voices), Corina Marti (clavisimbalum, recorders), Michal Gondko (lute), Natalie Carducci (fiddle)
ARTISTIC DIRECTION: Corina Marti & Michal Gondko
With an introductory essay by Andreas Janke and John Nadas.
REVIEWS
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HÖRBAR DER NMZ: (…): Die musikalische Umsetzung durch das Ensemble La Morra ist phänomenal (…) [read the full review]
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AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE: (…) This release is excellent in every way. (…)
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SCHERZO: (…) Merece la pena el proyecto de recuperación, el repertorio, y la interpretación. Lo disfrutarán. (…)
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EARLY MUSIC REVIEW: (…) it is hard to imagine a more capable group or a more triumphant outcome. The playing and singing of La Morra (…) is superbly idiomatic, expressive and technically impeccable, evoking vividly the manuscript’s early 15th-century context. [read the full review]
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DIAPASON: (…) Précision infaillible des chanteurs, finesse du maillage instrumental, variété des effectifs, perfection des équilibres : après tant de péripéties pour les redécouvrir, La Morra permet enfin à ces musiques de s’épanouir.
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DE VOLKSKRANT: (…) vloeiend, lichtvoetig en melodieus. [read the full review]
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LA LIBRE BELGIQUE: (…) Un enchantement poétique. [read the full review]
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STRETTO: Dit is top! Mooiere stemmen kan u zich nauwelijks voorstellen. De expressie, articulatie en intonatie zijn meer dan perfect. Men brengt de liederen acterend, vol reliëf en diepgang. Instrumenten vervolmaken het geheel. Aanstekelijk, virtuoos en briljant. (…) Alles klinkt zuiver, helder en oorspronkelijk. [read the full review]
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THE RECORD GEIJUTSU: 内発的な躍動感に満ちた演奏は、600年前の音楽とは思えない新鮮さを持っている。最新の研究成果をふまえたラ・モッラの真骨頂がここにある。(美山) より個性の強い表現もあろうが、聴くほどに味わいを増す、トレチェントの美を純度高く伝えてくれるアプローチに満腔の感謝を捧げたい。(矢澤)
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RESMUSICA.COM: Entre démarche musicologique et imagination artistique, l’ensemble La Morra a clairement trouvé un bel équilibre pour porter un sujet universel : l’amour pardi ! [read the full review]